Francois Villard IGP Syrah des Collines Rhodaniennes 'L'appel des Sereines' 2023 Abruzzo tobacco leaf

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Vers Cras spends 12 months in 600-liter oak barrels only a tiny fraction of which are new

and aged two full years in old Burgundy barrels

Aged 2 years in a combination of demi-muids and large foudres

élevage is all in demi-muid (500L barrels)

Francois Villard IGP Syrah des Collines Rhodaniennes 'L'appel des Sereines' 2023 Abruzzo tobacco leafA young vine Syrah from several villages Chavanay, Ardoix, Saint Michel sur Rhne, and Verin, all with a decomposed granite soil. Twelve day maceration with twenty five percent whole clusters in open top wood tronconique vats followed by eleven months of aging, half in the vat and half in neutral barrels. A peppery and juicy Syrah.